Beet-digger.



A. CLARK.

BEET BIGGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1910.

W1 28 Patented Sept. 27, 1910 j Jul ll mm I Z N j/ 1 if 15m J6 v j [A 1Q U I I/ 1 "mum J 1/7l0%6h//Z H ARNOLD CLARK, F LATTY, OHIO.

FEET-BIGGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 2'7, 119110 Application filed March 22, 1910. Serial No. 550,967.

v zen of the United States, residing at Latty,

in the county of Paulding and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Beet-Digger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to a beet dig ger and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described. a

The subject matter of the present inven-' tion is divided from my prior ap )lication filed in the United States Patent 0 cc May 21,1909, Serial No. 497,382.

The object of the invention is to provide a beet digger with a series of rotating knives which are adapted to cleave the SOll at the sides of the row of beets and between which are located shares which are adapted to dig the beets and lift them to elevated position.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a top pla i iew of the beet digger; Fig. 2 is a si e elevation of the same; Fig. 3 1s a transverse sectional view of a portion of the same.

So much of the frame of the beet harvester" is shown as will render it possible to understand the operation of the invention and in the accompanying drawings 1 indicates the frame of an ordinary beet harvester mounted upon an axle 2. In turn the axle 2 is mounted upon the ground or traction wheels 3. Arms 4 are pivotally connected at their upper rear ends with the frame 1 and are forwardly and downwardly disposed. Side pieces 5 form the lower forward portion of said digger and the forward ends of said side pieces are connected together by means of a yoke (i which in turn is pivotally connected with the intermediate. portion of the frame 1 by means of an arnrf. Cutting disks 8 are journaled for rotation a ainst the sides of the side pieces 5 and are adapted to make incisions in the soil )arallel with the line of row of plants as the implement is drawn along the same. Digging shares 9 are mounted upon the inner sides of the side pieces 5 and are of the usual width, shape and. configuration and are similar to shares used in machines of this character. The rear ortions of the digging shares 9 are upwar ly inclined.

A winding drum 11 is journaled for rotation upon the frame 1 and is provided atone end of its shaft with a worm wheel 12. A

shaft 13 is journaled in bearings 14 provided upon the frame 1 and is provided with a worm 15 which meshes with the wheel 12. At its opposite end the shaft 13 is provided with a. crank member 16. An idle pulley 17 is jonrnaled for rotation upon the frame 1 in advance of the winding drum 11. A chain 18 at one end winds upon the drum 11 and passes over the pulley 17 and at its lower end is connected with the yoke 6 above described. By this means it will be seen that when the shaftlt! is rotated the drum 11 will be rotated through the intermeshing worm wheel and worm 12 and 15 respectively and that the chain 18 is wound upon the drum 11 and the digging share on arms 4 will be raised or lowered upon its pivotal connections with the fraine 1 and the arm 7 will be correspondingly raised or lowered. Thus means are provided for causing the diggers 9 to operate at any desired distance below 75 the surface of the soil or for elevating said diggers entirely above'the surface of the 5011.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is:

1-. A digger comprising a wheel mounted frame, two sets of arms pivoted at their upper ends to. the frame, a digger proper piv-- oted to the lower ends of both sets of arms, disks journaled at the sides of the digger and adapted to cut incisions at the opposite sides of a row and means for raising and lowering the digger.

2. A digger comprising a wheel mounted frame, two sets of arms pivoted at their upper ends to said frame, side pieces pivoted to the lower ends of the hindmost set of arms, a yoke connecting the side pieces together, the foremost set of arms being pivotally connected with said yoke, means for raising and lowering the yoke, di ging shares mounted upon the inner sides 0 said side pieces and disks jonrnaled upon the outer sides of the side pieces and adapted to cut incisions in the soil at the opposite sides of the row.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature in the presence of two witness e s.

S ARNOLD CLARK. mark Witnesses:

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